6 suffer smoke inhalation in apartment-building fire

WEST SIDE — Four children and two adults were taken to hospitals for treatment for smoke inhalation Sunday night after a fire broke out in a West Side apartment building.

The blaze began about 7:30 p.m. in a multi-story apartment building at 2325 W. Jackson Blvd., authorities said.

Resident Frankie Mack, 30, said her 7-year-old son smelled smoke, and when they looked into the hallway it appeared smoke was coming from the building's trash chute, which she said was overflowing with garbage.

Mack said she was taking care of eight kids in her seventh-floor apartment when the fire started. Firefighters brought all the children safely out of the building.